Community Calendar Report for Friday, March 20th, 2026.-I
First some news…
Michigan awarded over $1 million in history grants to 45 communities for projects tied to the U.S. semiquincentennial. The Charlevoix Historical Society recently received an award of $28,760 for an exhibit on the impact of the railroad on Charlevoix.
The BI Historical Society is listed on the America250MI History Grant Program award document, for their project Island Legacies: Preserving Beaver Island’s Untold Stories of Incredible Islanders, with $50,000 awarded
Boyne City celebrated gold medalist skier Kaila Kuhn, who grew up skiing at Boyne Mountain. The community honored her achievements, highlighting her journey from a small town to becoming a world-class skier.
Team 6098 BIROBOT’s first competition event for 2026 is at Lake Superior State University in Sault Ste Marie, Michigan. The team will arrive on March 26th, compete on March 27th and 28th, and return on March 29th. You can find out more about FIRST and BICS’s FRC Team #6098 bIrobot at birobot.org. You can keep up with our progress at events and find links to watch them live on TheBlueAlliance.com
Ticket sales for the 2026 Warblers on the Water events, May 22-25, will begin this week in March. The festival will feature new field trips to celebrate Great Lakes Islands biodiversity.
The America 250 Writing Challenge invites you to share your thoughts on America 250! They’ll pick some of the best submissions and put them together in a book. Check out the library for more information.
Meeting Planner
6:00pm Beaver Island AA Meeting also on Thursday and Saturday at the BI Christian Church
Friday
9:00am Senior + Vets Coffee & Donuts at the BIC Center
10:00am Pickleball at BIC Center
10:30am Chair Strength Training at the BIC Center
7:00pm Dark Sky Event: Venus Evening Planet All Month
[On the radio, Kick off your weekend with our fantastic Friday lineup! After the 6:00pm news, enjoy “That Thing with Rich Appel” featuring top forty hits from the 70s. At 9:00pm, tune into “The Titus Jennings Experience” offering music from all genres, followed by “The Midnight Special” with Marilyn Rea Beyer at 11:00pm for music, farce comedy, and late-night escape.]
Saturday
1:00pm Fiero Code Club at the Library
3:00pm The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants at the BIC Center. Desperate to be a big guy, SpongeBob sets out to prove his bravery to Mr. Krabs by following the Flying Dutchman, a mysterious swashbuckling ghost pirate, to the deepest depths of the deep sea.
5:00pm Prime Rib Night at the Shamrock
6:00pm Hamnet at the BIC Center PG-13 After losing their son Hamnet to plague, Agnes and William Shakespeare grapple with grief in 16th-century England. A healer, Agnes must find strength to care for her surviving children while processing her devastating loss.
7:00pm Dark Sky Event: Venus Evening Planet All Month
[On the radio, tune in for Country Classics at 5:00 Saturday evening with host Sheri Timsak. At 7:00, take a trip back to the best of the 80s and 90s with the Mix Tape show (that’s a 120-minute TDK cassette tape for those in the know) hosted by WVBI’s Adam Pettigrew. Mark Beltaire takes over at 9:00 with Rockin’ the Boat and continues at 10:00 with the Blues Cruise. Cousin Dan wraps up the evening with the Too Good Radio Show starting at 11:00.]
Sunday
10:00am Beaver Island Christian Church Worship
12:15pm Sunday Mass at the Holy Cross Church
Today’s BIC Center Name of the Day is Stella and Saturday is Travis. If that’s your name, come on it to the BIC Center to pick out a free drink of your choice.
On our Birthday List today: Larry Kubic, Saturday – Shelby Teeter, Moe Butler, Sierra Woodring, Stanley Rosema and Amy Langford
Sunday – Rick Speck, Rory Connaghan and
Donna Stambaugh and if we missed you on the list Happy Birthday to you too from everyone at the BIC Center and WVBI. [Some on our list may no longer be with us, but we still honor and remember each person named]
TRAFFIC: No delays inbound or outbound to the airports. The Island Beltway is running smoothly and there are no bridge delays. But, hey, let’s be careful out there, especially in the school zone.
On this date in 1965 President Johnson informed Governor Wallace of his decision to use federal authority to supervise a civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery. This action followed intimidation and discrimination that prevented Selma’s Black population from voting.
Our Merriam Webster Word of the is Eureka -Eureka expresses excitement at a discovery and describes a triumphant discovery moment. //After years of trying to develop a concrete business idea, I had a eureka moment, and everything suddenly made sense.
Now, to wrap up for this Beaver Island Friday…
Here’s a thought for the day, thoughts can make you more ill than any virus
On a lighter note…
What do you call a man who constantly bounces off things? That would be Rick O’Shea.
That’s the W-V-B-I Community Calendar Report for this Beaver Island Friday, March 20th, 2026. I’m Greg reporting from W-V-B-I’s Langford Family Studios wishing you a great day and asking: why not go ahead and make it the best day ever? And thanks for listening.
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[Current Condition Report, then…]
Air Quality Index at 5:00 this morning was 33.
Today
A chance of showers with a slight chance of drizzle before 11am, then a slight chance of showers between 11am and 2pm. Patchy fog before 2pm. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 35. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming northwest in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
Saturday
A slight chance of rain and snow showers after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 36. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Saturday Night
A chance of rain and snow showers before 2am, then a chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. Southeast wind 10 to 15 mph becoming northeast after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Sunday
A slight chance of rain and snow showers before 11am, then a slight chance of snow showers between 11am and 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 33. Northeast wind around 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Sunday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 17.
Monday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 30.
Monday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 20.
Tuesday
A chance of snow showers between 8am and 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 35.
Tuesday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 18.
Wednesday
A chance of snow showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 29.
Wednesday Night
A chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 22.
Thursday
A chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 35.
Air Quality Index at 6:00 this morning was 33.
Photos from webcams at wvbi.net and mackinacbridge.org
Coming up in our Community Calendar Report…
…all of that along with a run-down of local events, birthdays and more after global and national news from F-S-N. [Time check.]
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